Gwynne Dyer: Game of chicken as May faces long odds
British Prime Minister Theresa May doesn't convince as a suicide bomber.
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Letters: Catch 'em if you can
Fly-tipping affects rural and urban areas and perpetrators are from all walks of life.
Frank Gibson: Virgo will let us 'see' black holes
Gravity wave detection a breakthrough for astrophysicists, writes Frank Gibson
Letters: A big win with TAB change
'TAB betting is now so complicated and confusing it is saving me hundreds of dollars.'
Conservation Comment: Year of extinctions
There were several species whose last representative passed away during 2018.
Don't lose your direction in life, find and follow your moral compass
Don't lose your moral compass, writes Terry Sarten.
Letters: Poison works for possums
Possum and deer culling by hunters don't work. Human nature and expense defeat them.
Gwynne Dyer: The stars our destination
Interstellar travel suddenly seems closer with work on a space drive that burns no fuel.
Chester Borrows: Easy living in a lucky country
A big, fat kereru sits on a kahikatea outside the window as I brew the day's first coffee.
Letters: All quiet on the ferry front
When the onus is on profit, all other consideration goes out the window. - Paul Evans
Fred Frederikse: It's one way to foil spies
Beat the security spies and ensure privacy by writing a letter and posting it in the mail.
Let's Talk Law: Private investigations
An independent investigator can make life easier when dealing with a workplace complaint.
Conservation comment: Plastic bag ban a start
Locally, people have been focusing outrage on dumping costs and anger at fly-tippers.
Opinion: 'One people' just reality of Treaty
The "ravages inflicted on Māori since 1840" of which Keenan speaks are a myth -- Don Brash
Letters: Long-awaited road extension 'positive'
It's a crazy world, so stay in bed and and be safe. And no hanky panky; that'll kill you.
Your say: Mangapapa land 'sold, not stolen'; Boxing Day sales and 'fake' history
Readers have their say: Maori land; Boxing Day sales; fence-sitting; 'fake' history
Nicola Patrick: Hope, it's a good way to start a new year
2019 is our year for hope
Kate Stewart: Downsides to Whanganui's economic growth
Most regard the economic growth of Whanganui as positive. But not all agree ...
Steve Braunias: Secret diary of 2019 horoscopes
COMMENT: A 100 per cent accurate guide to your year in the first of a two-part horoscope.
Letters: Singers enjoy seaside sessions at the Pav
Hopefully, one day soon the beach will not need any so-called grooming.
Jay Kuten: New day dawning in United States
Hope dawns as Democrats take control of the US House of Representatives.
Gwynne Dyer: Work on global warming moves at slow pace
We are getting into very deep water here, but we may have no other options.
Letters: Chiefs' Treaty role disputed
'Accountability does not seem to be a part of the WDC's day-to-day operations'
Gwynne Dyer: What went wrong in eastern Europe?
The dreams that drove the anti-Communist revolutions of 1989 are still alive but fading.
Letters: Mowhanau cliff erosion's real story
The erosion isolating the headland is 20-30m inland from where the boulders were removed.
Letters: Editorial writers lack wit
We have a tapestry of incredible richness in this wonderful population of ours.
Conservation Comment: Crunch time on emissions
It seems they are now realising that the expense of doing nothing is rising rapidly.
David Cormack: Please, let's make these things happen in 2019
Comment: Here's a list of things I want to see happen in 2019.
Rachel Rose: Modern day plant hunters on the trail of historic oaks
Modern day plant hunters on the trail of historic oaks
Kate Stewart: Savs set to make it big and other tongue-in-cheek predictions for 2019
Kate Stewart's slightly tongue-in-cheek predictions for 2019.
Steve Braunias: The secret diary of... 2018
COMMENT: Steve Braunias looks ahead to the year in satire.
Editorial: The best and worst of us
Christmas and Boxing days - stark contrasts in consecutive days.